Giles ,'Sleeper'
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The violence is cartoonish and over-the-top; my friend went ugh a few times but I just laughed. I mean, heads explode, limbs are severed, and it's cartoonishly gross but not remotely realistic. I'd call it less disturbingly violent than Kill Bill. I wouldn't call it "psychotically" violent because to me that implies realism, and this had none.
Hmmm. I think I can handle that.
Joss explains why he changed Ultron's origin: [link]
It'd be nice if the Avengers of the MCU started with Hank and Janet as founding members, but since it didn't, I can understand why Joss felt it was necessary to change it.
I do wonder, based on the trailers, and on the fact the next Captain America film is Civil War, if by the end of the movie we'll be left with Cap's Kooky Quartet as the whole of the Avengers.
but I'm still right: it's a fun and gorgeous movie, it's a great movie for girls, and it's no stupider than Star Wars or Superman.
This! THIS!
I just got back from seeing Jupiter Ascending, and I really liked it. Yes, it was astonishingly pretty. But it was also a better movie than I expected. It had some nice twists on traditional female narrative roles/tropes (she doesn't get married, and she flat-out says the line "I'm not your mother") , and it was kind of a Regency romance turned into a space opera.
And to repeat, no stupider than any other Big Shiny Genre Movie, including Star Wars, The Fifth Element, and Guardians of the Galaxy.
high fives Jilli
Teenage girls (and other girls, too, I must assume) on Tumblr are going mad for J.A., and it's great. There's definitely a lot of swooning over Jupiter/Caine, and a lot of Jupiter/Balem (WTF, really?), and a lot of girls discovering their obedience kink*, but there's also a lot of serious examination of capitalism and class/gender issues and backstory worldbuilding, and that's all pretty cool.
*Look, Caine's basically a dog, canonically. He's utterly loyal, and when J. says roll over, he sighs and rolls over. The girls dig it.
I lost it at the "I like dogs" line.
"I've always loved dogs! Oh god did I really say that."
If you squint, the Age of Ultron poster lists among its cast members: Anthony Mackie (Falcon), Hayley Atwell (Peggy Carter) and Idris Elba (Heimdall) .
ooo that's interesting.
Nice!
where's Phil! Maybe an after credit scene or something.
